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Public laws and resolutions of the State of North Carolina passed by the General Assembly at its session of ...[1893]

Constitution of North Carolina. 27
ARTICLE XIV.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Section l. All indictments which shall have been found, or may indictments.
hereafter be found, for any crime or offence committed before this
Constitution takes effect, may be proceeded upon in the proper Courts,
but no punishment shall be inflicted which is forbidden by this Con-stitution.
Sec. 2. No person who shall hereafter fight a duel, or assist in the Penalty for flght-same
as a second, or send, accept, or knowingly carry a challenge
therefor, or agree to go out of the State to fight a duel, shall hold any
oflSce in this State.
Sec. 3. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in conse- Dmwing money.
quence of appropriations made by law ; and an accurate account of
the receipts and expenditures of the public money shall be annually
published.
Sec. 4. The General Assembly shall provide, by proper legislation Mechanics' lien.
for giving to mechanics and laborers an adequate lien on the subject
matter of their labor.
Sec, 5. In the absence of any contrary provision, all officers of this Governor [to
State, whether heretofore elected, or appointed by the Governor, shall Sents^^^^'^^
hold their positions only until other appointments are made by the
Governor, or, if the officers are elective, until their successors shall
have been chosen and duly qualified according to the provisions of
this Constitution.
Sec. 6. The seat of government of this State shall remain at the Seatofgovern-
City of Raleigh. '''®'^''-
Sec. 7. No person, who shall hold any ofiice or place of trust or Holding office.
profit under the United States, or any department thereof, or under
this State, or under any other State or Government, shall hold or
exercise any other office or place of trust or profit under the auihority
of this State, or be eligible to a seat in either House of the General
Assembly: Provided, that nothing herein cmtained shall extend to
ofiScers in the militia. Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of Public gsrsraasss > esiAsss
Charities, or commissioners for special purposes. ^senKxirasais •' waK.T.v«
Sec. 8. All marriages between a white person and a negro, or intermarriage :of
between a %vhite person and a person of negro descent to the third ^oes^prohi °ited.
generation inclusive,' are hereby forever prohibited.

Constitution of North Carolina. 27
ARTICLE XIV.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Section l. All indictments which shall have been found, or may indictments.
hereafter be found, for any crime or offence committed before this
Constitution takes effect, may be proceeded upon in the proper Courts,
but no punishment shall be inflicted which is forbidden by this Con-stitution.
Sec. 2. No person who shall hereafter fight a duel, or assist in the Penalty for flght-same
as a second, or send, accept, or knowingly carry a challenge
therefor, or agree to go out of the State to fight a duel, shall hold any
oflSce in this State.
Sec. 3. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in conse- Dmwing money.
quence of appropriations made by law ; and an accurate account of
the receipts and expenditures of the public money shall be annually
published.
Sec. 4. The General Assembly shall provide, by proper legislation Mechanics' lien.
for giving to mechanics and laborers an adequate lien on the subject
matter of their labor.
Sec, 5. In the absence of any contrary provision, all officers of this Governor [to
State, whether heretofore elected, or appointed by the Governor, shall Sents^^^^'^^
hold their positions only until other appointments are made by the
Governor, or, if the officers are elective, until their successors shall
have been chosen and duly qualified according to the provisions of
this Constitution.
Sec. 6. The seat of government of this State shall remain at the Seatofgovern-
City of Raleigh. '''®'^''-
Sec. 7. No person, who shall hold any ofiice or place of trust or Holding office.
profit under the United States, or any department thereof, or under
this State, or under any other State or Government, shall hold or
exercise any other office or place of trust or profit under the auihority
of this State, or be eligible to a seat in either House of the General
Assembly: Provided, that nothing herein cmtained shall extend to
ofiScers in the militia. Justices of the Peace, Commissioners of Public gsrsraasss > esiAsss
Charities, or commissioners for special purposes. ^senKxirasais •' waK.T.v«
Sec. 8. All marriages between a white person and a negro, or intermarriage :of
between a %vhite person and a person of negro descent to the third ^oes^prohi °ited.
generation inclusive,' are hereby forever prohibited.